Paul Manafort, ex-Trump campaign chief, to begin trial
Giuliani said he and Jay Sekulow, another Trump lawyer, had told the president: "This would be a very bad thing to do now". Gates, who worked alongside Manafort as a political consultant, was indicted along with Manafort in October 2017.

Astros 'are confident that Osuna is remorseful'
For all their might and pedigree, the Astros were in a precarious spot roughly two-thirds of the way through the season. Osuna, who has nine saves and 15 strikeouts in 15 1/3 innings in 2018, released a statement via the Astros, as well.

Donald Trump: 'Collusion is not a crime'
Michael Cohen , Trump's former personal attorney, told CNN that Trump definitely knew about the Trump Tower meeting in 2016. But there's more ahead: Wilson expects that there will be new developments "coming down the pipe from Robert Mueller".

Mobile announces Moto E5 Plus and E5 Play
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Mars makes its closest approach in 15 years
So, while it won't remain this bright in the night sky for long, it will be brilliant long enough for everyone to take a look. When the planet reaches its closest distance from Earth later today, it allows stargazers to see it in its brightest form.

The Manafort trial: Opening statements begin
Giuliani said he and Jay Sekulow, another Trump lawyer, had told the president: "This would be a very bad thing to do now". Before today's proceedings, Mueller's team brought three dollies worth of documents into the courtroom for the trial.

Sanders’ ‘Medicare for All’ Plan Would Cost Additional $32.6 Trillion

"Even doubling all federal individual and corporate income taxes wouldn't cover this cost". In the first year, the federal government would drop the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 55 - a proposal also backed by many centrist Senate Democrats - as well as enrolling everyone now on Medicare and everyone younger than 18.

Total national health spending would be $2 trillion lower between 2022 and 2031 under the Medicare for All plan, according to the report. Blahous was a senior economic adviser to former President George W. Bush and a public trustee of Social Security and Medicare during the Obama administration. "That's what was in the study", said Sanders.

Levitt said Sanders's plan is a good illustration of what Medicare for all could accomplish in theory, but payment levels for providers hasn't really had a full debate yet.

Medicare-for-All, also known as single-payer healthcare, has become increasingly popular among Democrats, including progressive candidates such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who pulled off a shocking primary upset last month in New York's 14th Congressional District and made the issue a central part of her platform. It concludes the Sanders Medicare-for-All plan would increase federal budget commitments by about $32 trillion over its first 10 years of implementation. Its findings are similar to those of several independent studies of Sanders' 2016 plan.

Kenneth Thorpe, a health policy professor at Emory University, pointed out that "even though people don't pay premiums, the tax increases are going to be enormous".

Sanders' plan would require enormous tax increases in order for the government to replace what employers and consumers now pay for health care.

Josh Miller-Lewis, Sanders's press secretary, said the additional $32 trillion is already being spent by private insurers, and the Medicare-for-All plan would simply move the money to the government. At the same time, the model also assumes that 30 million more people would get access to healthcare, and many people would get more robust services.

And, they say, putting all Americans on one insurer would create a large-enough pool to force private health-care providers to charge less, while eliminating private insurers' spending on marketing and administrative overhead that do not improve health outcomes.

The study found that the plan would reap substantial savings from lower prescription costs - $846 billion over 10 years - since the government would deal directly with drugmakers.

But other provisions would tend to drive up spending, including coverage for almost 30 million uninsured people, no deductibles and copays, and improved benefits, including dental, vision and hearing.

But the Mercatus report also showed that the national health expenditure - the total amount spent on healthcare in the USA by the federal government, states, businesses, and individuals - would actually come in below current projections under Sanders' plan.

Medicare often pays much less than private insurance, but more than Medicaid.

However, it also found that potential savings would vanish if hospitals and doctors aren't willing to accept lower fees for patients who are now privately insured.

Costs have been a stumbling block for state efforts to enact a single-payer system, including in Sanders own state of Vermont.